--Notice of Intent to award a Sole Source order for Market Research Data

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), Office of Atmospheric Programs (OAP), Climate Protection Partnerships Division (CPPD), ENERGY STAR Residential Branch (ESRB) intends to award a sole source fixed-price purchase order under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures to Ducker Research NA, LLC for market research data and customization of the ?Study of the US Market for Windows, Doors and Skylights? report. The EPA uses independent market analysis as one important indicator of the market penetration of ENERGY STAR qualified windows, doors and skylights. This market analysis will serve as a proxy for sales data since fenestration product manufacturers are unwilling to provide sales data directly to EPA. The market data are routinely gathered by independent organizations for industry and are used to generate market studies for the fenestration industry. Ducker is uniquely qualified to provide this service, as they are the only source of unit shipment data for windows, doors and skylights aggregated at a climate zone level. Ducker can provide a higher level of granularity to accurately describe the complexity of the window distribution channels. Historically, the two major industry trade organizations, carefully selected Ducker as the organization they both trusted to collect the necessary sensitive market data in a cost effective manner. The market data collected by Ducker was expanded to specifically include unit shipment data for ENERGY STAR qualified windows, doors and skylights. The ENERGY STAR market data is not currently available through any other source. NO SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) IS AVAILABLE. Notwithstanding, any firm that believes it is capable of meeting EPA's requirement as stated herein may submit a capability statement, which if received within ten (10) calendar days of the date of this announcement will be considered. Responses to this posting must be in writing and provide clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. A determination not to compete the proposed purchase order based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All questions should be directed to Sharron K. Doherty via the e-mail link provided.